by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 26, 2020 | Basic Principles/Authority to Contract
As used in Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 52.233-1 (Disputes), a claim is a “ a written demand or written assertion by one of the contracting parties seeking, as a matter of right, the payment of money in a sum certain…” What is a “sum certain?” Consider...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 19, 2020 | Formation-General, Offers/Protests
The relevant Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) provision gives contractors very little leeway in having a late bid submission considered. Either they get their offers or quotes in on time to the place specified in the solicitation or their submissions will be...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 12, 2020 | Claims and Remedies
After a contract has been terminated for default, Federal Acquisition Regulation (“FAR”) 49.402-6 permits the agency to repurchase the same or similar services or supplies against the defaulted contractor’s account, as long as the supplies or services are still...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | May 5, 2020 | Formation-General, GSA, Offers/Protests, Proposals, Rules and Regulations
The Government Accountability Office (“GAO”) recently ruled that the General Services Administration’s (“GSA”) use of a highest-technically rated, reasonably priced source selection method when establishing single-award blanket purchase agreements (“BPA’s) with...
by Richard D. Lieberman, Consultant | Apr 28, 2020 | Contract Disputes Act/Disputes/Courts/Boards of Contract Appeals, Offers/Protests
The Court of Federal Claims recently held that it could not consider a post-award bid protest of a Contractor Performance Assessment Report (“CPAR”); however, it could consider the bad faith actions of the agency which allegedly compromised the award of the contract...
